We have been rehearsing the music for Coastal Voices with the four groups covering the whole of the coast, and launched the project with the first performance for the opening of the Twin Sails Bridge in Poole on March 9th. The weather was grey, but the the 200+ voices were seriously colourful and it was…
As we near the final straight for summer 2012, Creative Coast work is gathering pace! We held our second Creative Coast Forum on March 16th at the Portland Heights Hotel, which was very well attended and received. The event focused on how the cultural sector can work better with tourism organisations to encourage a ‘complete…
After 10 years of being a World Heritage Site, and during the Olympic Year the spectacular Dorset and East Devon Coast is being celebrated with help from communities, artists and scientists from near and far. At the heart of this is the Jurassic Coast Earth Festival running between May and September and part of the…
For those of you who have driven across the Ferrybridge to Portland and wondered what on earth they are doing to the Chesil Beach Centre, the waiting is nearly over. For nearly ten years, a wide range of organisations and individuals have been working behind the scenes to enlarge and revamp the small, but very…
The Jurassic Coast Team and Trust are delighted to launch a new way of working with Businesses along the World Heritage Site; the Jurassic Coast Business Partner scheme. Jurassic Coast Business Partners are businesses who support the vision and values of the Jurassic Coast, England’s unique and only natural World Heritage Site. You do not…
Responding to popular demand, you can now get your Jurassic Coast official publications online from the new Jurassic Coast Trust online store. The Site currently stocks the official Trust publications, including the Official Guide, the Monsters Sticker Book and the newly published guide to the Geology of Purbeck. As more Jurassic Coast Official merchandise is…
The Jurassic Coast Earth Festival 2012 is a celebration of England’s only natural World Heritage Site. From May to September, coastal and gateway towns in Dorset and East Devon are hosting an exciting programme of events that fuse art and performance with science, giving us a new way of seeing where we fit into the…
The Jurassic Coast Trust is seeking to appoint three new Trustees to strengthen its activities as a major force in the management of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. First to be appointed is Dorset resident Dr John Bone who brings more than 20 years in global marketing and five years experience as Trustee of…
Defra recently published its final evaluation of 15 Coastal Change Pathfinder projects which were designed to improve the way that coastal communities are engaged in planning to adapt to coastal change.